A love-hate relationship with LS 1 is no longer a universal first-year experience. Instead of taking LS 1, freshmen now choose from a range of small seminars—about Ireland, tsunamis, cigarette ads, robots, War and Peace, the ego, you name it… More to come in the spring Scope.

Sawdust in your soup? Skidmore’s dining halls are being radically renovated, but work areas are sequestered so that meal service can continue, dust-free, all semester. See the new design in the spring Scope.